MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Lars Nootbaar
AZ · DH
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Portrait of Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz
TB · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lars Nootbaar.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and RBI. Yandy Díaz’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lars Nootbaar wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Yandy Díaz wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
92.0
Yandy Díaz
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
49.7%
Yandy Díaz
48.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
9.8%
Yandy Díaz
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lars Nootbaar
19.6%
Yandy Díaz
28.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lars Nootbaar
6.9%
Yandy Díaz
6.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
.343
Yandy Díaz
.356
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.223
Yandy Díaz
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .317
.278

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
515
now 1
1
Yandy Díaz
515
now 11
1
Runshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
2042.60
now 2
9
Yandy Díaz
2042.60
now 31
6
RBIhigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
2052
now 3
13
Yandy Díaz
2052
now 38
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
.0002.20
now 0
0
Yandy Díaz
.0002.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.66
BuyYandy Díaz — buy.conf 0.68
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